CSR News

SAN FRANCISCO – Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) today announced two corporate trainings it will conduct in New York on July 22 and July 23, as part of an ongoing series.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - “This will be the litmus test of how societies judge multinationals. Many corporations are weak on driving economic development impact on the poorest communities, but there are a handful of companies that have started grappling w...

SEATTLE, WA - Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced today that Sandra Taylor, former vice president and director, Public Affairs for Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK), has accepted the position of senior vice president, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)...

OAK BROOK, IL – For the first time, McDonald’s will become the exclusive worldwide sponsor of the Olympic Day Run, an annual global event that encourages the practice of sport by all.

The Run was created to celebrate Olympic Day,...

ROTTERDAM - AIESEC is opening applications for companies and organizations interested in participation in the CSR Case Studies Competition for Youth. Companies will be provided with an opportunity to present real-life case studies related to topics of CSR to a wide au...

TORONTO, CANADA - According to the fourth annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Monitor survey of over 21,000 consumers, shareholders and corporate employees in 21 countries, significant proportions of people in most countries are unable to name a socially resp...

PITTSBURGH, PA - Alcoa has launched new websites for Yadkin-APGI and Tapoco-APGI, two divisions of Alcoa Power Generating Inc. The Yadkin website can be found at www.alcoa.com/yadkin/en/home.asp. Th...

ZURICH, Switzerland -- Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers N.V. in the Netherlands has launched the first passively-managed Dutch equity fund based on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI). The Dutch asset manager, which is focused on high net worth in...

DURBAN, South Africa – The NEPAD E-Schools Initiative was launched at the World Economic Forum’s Africa Economic Summit in Durban today with the aim of bridging the digital divide and giving the continent’s children the skills they need to thrive in...

Durban, South Africa – Rankings released by the World Economic Forum today reveal that Botswana is the leading country among 21 African economies in terms of quality of public institutions, an Index that consists of the perceived degree of corruptio...